Wings ( Paul McCartney ) : Band on The Run

Band on the Run

 is the 

third studio album

 by

 Paul McCartney

 and 

Wings,

 released in

 December 1973. 

It marked the 

fifth album

 by Paul McCartney

 since his departure

 from the Beatles

 in April 1970.

 Although sales were

 modest initially,

its commercial performance 

was aided by

 two hit singles 

 "Jet" 

and 

"Band on the Run" –

such that it became 

the top-selling 

studio album

 of 1974

 in the United Kingdom

 and

 Australia; 

 It remains McCartney's 

most successful album 

and the most 

celebrated of his

 post-Beatles works.

The majority of 

Band on the Run 

was recorded at 

EMI's studio in

 Lagos, Nigeria, 

as McCartney wanted to

 make an album in an 

exotic locale. 

Shortly before departing

 for Lagos, 

however, drummer

 Denny Seiwell 

and guitarist

 Henry McCullough

 left the group; 

with no time to 

recruit replacements, 

McCartney went into

 the studio

 with just his wife 

Linda 

and 

Denny Laine, 

doubling on drums, 

percussion 

and most of

 the lead 

guitar parts

 himself as

 well as bass.

 On arriving,

 it was discovered

 that the studio

 was below standard, 

and conditions in

 Nigeria 

were tense 

and difficult; 

the McCartneys 

were robbed 

at knifepoint, 

during which

 a bag containing

 unfinished song lyrics 

and demo tapes

 was taken. 

After the band's return 

to England, 

final overdubs 

and further recording 

were carried out

 in London,

 mostly at

AIR Studios.

TRACK LIST 

CD 1

Band on the Run

Jet

Bluebird

Mrs. Vandebilt

Let Me Roll It

Mamunia

No Words

Helen Wheels

Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

CD 2 

Intro/Band on the Run

 [Nicely Toasted Mix]

Band on the Run/

Paul McCartney Dialogue 

Band on the Run

 [Barn Rehearsal]

Paul McCartney Dialogue 

/Mamunia/Denny Laine Dialogue/

Mamunia/

Bluebird

 [Live Version]

Bluebird (Dialogue ) 

[Live Version]

Paul McCartney Dialogue

 /No Words/Geoff Emerick Dialogue

No Words/

Paul McCartney Dialogue/

 /Tony Visconti Dialogue/

Band on The Run

Jet 

[From Picasso's Last Words]/

Paul McCartney Dialogue

 /Jet 

Jet

 [Berlin Soundcheck]

Paul McCartney Dialogue

 /Clive Arrowsmith Dialogue

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five/

Paul McCartney Dialogue

Mrs. Vandebilt/

Paul McCartney Dialogue  

/Kenny Lynch Dialogue

Let Me Roll It

 [Cardington Rehearsal]

/Paul McCartney Dialogue 

Paul McCartney Dialogue 

Mrs. Vandebilt/

Michael Parkinson Dialogue

Helen Wheels [Crazed]/

Paul McCartney Dialogue 

Band on the Run [Strum Bit]/

Paul McCartney Dialogue

Picasso's Last Words/

Paul McCartney Dialogue 

Picasso's Last Words

 (Drink to Me)

 [Acoustic Version]

Band on the Run 

[Nicely Toasted Mix]/

Paul McCartney Dialogue

Band on the Run

 [Northern Comic Version]

Band on The Run

 ( Isolated Vocals ) [*]

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